veel

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See also: ve'el and veêl

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

veel (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of veal

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)

  1. (nonstandard, British) feel
    • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
      To Veel. v. To feel.
      Veel’d. part. Felt.

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

veel (plural veels)

  1. (nonstandard, British) field
Quotations[edit]
  • 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century
    But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels?
  • 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire
    Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.
Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch veel, from Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

veel

  1. (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, a lot
    Sy weet nie veel nie, maar haar moeder wis baie veel.
    She doesn't know much, but her mother really knew a lot

Synonyms[edit]

  • baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)

Determiner[edit]

veel

  1. (chiefly with negatives or when modified by adverbs) much, many
    Ons het nie veel perde nie.
    We don't have many horses.

Synonyms[edit]

  • baie (more common synonym with a mostly complementary distribution)

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /veːl/
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  • Hyphenation: veel
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch vele, from Old Dutch filo, from Proto-Germanic *felu.

Determiner[edit]

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

  1. many, much, a lot of
Usage notes[edit]

As a determiner veel typically isn't inflected in informal Dutch, except before (usually uncountable) singular nouns with a definite article:

Veel omwonenden klagen over de de rotzooi in het park.
Many local residents complain about the mess in the park.
Het vele geweld dreef inwoners weg.
The large amount of violence drove inhabitants away.

In formal style the inflected form vele may also be used for plurals:

Vele rolstoelgebruikers hadden bezwaren tegen de plannen.
Many wheelchair users had objections against the plans.
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of veel
uninflected veel
inflected veel
comparative meer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial veel meer het meest
het meeste
indefinite m./f. sing. veel meer —
n. sing. veel meer —
plural veel meer —
definite vele — meeste
partitive — — —
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

veel (comparative meer, superlative het meest or het meeste)

  1. much, a lot
    Vanaf hier kan ik veel zien.
    From here I can see a lot.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: veel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fele
  • Javindo: feel, peel
  • Jersey Dutch: fœl
  • Negerhollands: veel
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: fail

Adverb[edit]

veel (comparative meer, superlative meest)

  1. much
  2. often, frequently
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

veel

  1. inflection of velen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

veel f (plural veels or velen, diminutive veeltje n)

  1. (archaic or poetic) Alternative form of vedel.

Anagrams[edit]

Dutch Low Saxon[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to German viel.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

veel

  1. much

Adjective[edit]

veel

  1. much, many

Estonian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *veelä, from a Baltic language. Cognate to Lithuanian vėl, Latvian vēl and Finnish vielä.

Adverb[edit]

veel (not comparable)

  1. yet, still

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

veel

  1. adessive singular of vesi

Anagrams[edit]

German Low German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to German viel.

Adverb[edit]

veel

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much
    veel to lat (Low Prussian)
    much too late

Adjective[edit]

veel

  1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) much (a lot of) (when used in the singular)
    veel Melk (Low Prussian)
    a lot of milk
  2. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) many (when used in the plural)
    veele Kinga (Low Prussian)
    many children

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *veelä, borrowed from a Baltic language. Cognates include Finnish vielä and Estonian veel.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

veel

  1. still
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Osa iƶoroist veel nytkii kutsuu itsiätä karjalaisiks.
      Some Ingrians even now still call themselves Karelians.
  2. nevertheless
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
      Talveel pessii kylmääl veel.
      In the cold winter wash yourself nevertheless.
  3. also, too
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Sanokaa veel milläin ikkee meeli oravast.
      Also say any kind of thought about a squirrel.
    • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎[2], volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:
      Tämä on Savimäen kylä a sit ono veel Hammalan kylä.
      This is the Savimäki village and then there's also the Hammala village.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

veel

  1. adessive singular of vesi

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 660

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

veel (plural veles)

  1. veal (the meat of a calf)
  2. A calf (young cow)

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin vitellus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /vəˈðɛl/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /vəˈɛl/

Noun[edit]

veel oblique singular, m (oblique plural veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative singular veeaus or veeax or veiaus or veiax or veels, nominative plural veel)

  1. calf (young cow or bull)

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *veelä.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈveːl/, [ˈveːl]
  • Rhymes: -eːl
  • Hyphenation: veel

Adverb[edit]

veel

  1. still, yet

References[edit]

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “veelä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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